A SPECTACLE IN SHEBOYGAN. WISN 12 NEWS' MIKE ANDERSON REPORTS WHY ONE OF THE WORLD'S TALLEST FLAG POLES IS TURNING HEADS AND WHAT'S IN STORE FOR LATER THIS SUMMER. .... :02 THE ACUITY INSURANCE COMPANY IN SHEBOYGAN IS KNOWN FOR SHOWING ITS PATRIOTISM BY RAISING GIGANTIC FLAGS OVER THE YEARS BUT THIS YEAR IT HAS OUTDONE ITSELF. SHARLENE USELDING,:I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE SPECTACULAR". :02 JIM USELDING AND HIS WIFE SHARLENE RODE IN ON THEIR HARLEY THURSDAY TO GET A CLOSER LOOK AT THE NEW FOUR HUNDRED FOOT FLAGPOLE WHICH WAS JUST COMPLETED AND WILL BE DEDICATED LATER THIS MONTH. JIM USELDING, RESIDENT:"THAT'S WHY WE TOOK A RIDE OUT HERE JUST TO CHECK IT OUT IT LOOKS GOOD, THAT'S WHY WE CAME TODAY, YEAH A LOT OF PEOPLE COME, COME DOWN THE FREEWAY YOU CAN SEE IT THAT'S PRETTY COOL". :07 THE COMPANY SAYS ITS THE TALLEST SYMBOL OF FREEDOM IN THE WORLD AND MARKS THE COMPANY'S FOURTH. NOT MUCH WIND ON THIS DAY SO YOU'RE NOT SEEING THE FLAG IN ALL IT'S GLORY. THE WIND GOT THE BEST OF THE LAST ONE IN 2008, BUT MARTIN WIECHERT, THE PROJECT SUPERVISOR ON THIS ONE, SAYS THIS ONE IS HERE TO STAY. :53-1:00 MARTIN WIECHERT, MORTONSON CONTRACTORS:"THIS IS ACTUALLY A VERY STURDY STRUCTURAL DESIGN IT'S BASED ON THE SAME DESIGN AS A WIND TURBINE, SO IT'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE? NO IT'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE". :08 A VETERANS MEMORIAL IS BEING PLACED AT THE BASE OF THE FLAGPOLE. IT WILL LIST THE NAMES OF SHEBOYGAN COUNTY SERVICE MEMBERS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY. MIKE ALBINGER, A SUPPORTER AND FORMER ACUITY EMPLOYEE CALLS THAT A NICE AND WORTHY TOUCH. 1:16-120 MIKE ALBINGER, SUPPORTER:"VETERANS CAN COME HERE AND PAY RESPECTS TO WHAT THEY HAVE DONE AND WE CAN HONOR OUR VETERANS :06 1:26 MIKE ANDERSON, REPORTING:"THE DEDICATION IS SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY JUNE 16TH, BETWEEN ELEVEN AND NOON. MIKE ANDERSON, WISN 12 NEWS" :08 THE FLAG CAN BE SEEN FROM I-43 IN SHEBOYGAN COUNTY BETWEEN HIGHWAY 28 AND HIGHWAY 23. THE ONLY FLAG POLE